Robert D. Ray Drive is the street that runs past the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden.

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Part of the road from the Botanical Garden north to East 6th Street is now closed as part of a development project to expand the gardens and add more flood controls in the area to help protect the garden's Geodesic dome.

In July, the Botanical Garden will close for two months for interior renovations.

Outdoor renovations will be completed throughout 2013 and 2014, and include a new entry garden, water education garden, tree allee, event lawn encircled by perennial borders, display gardens and reconfiguration of the parking lot.